Friday, December 2, 2011
The symbolism of orange
There are not very many vibrant colours in the Godfather, so one that stands out is orange. After some research, I found out that the colour has a relationship with death, suffering and rape. In The Godfather, Oranges or the colour orange seem to be appearing before scenes of death. This is an example of foreshadowing because when someone has oranges in front of them and that someone dies or murders, you have that 'ooohh' feeling and you almost saw it coming. Instances of this have happened almost 10 times and I have only watched half the movie. After Vito Corleone is buying oranges, he is seen walking to his car and he is shot then. A plate of oranges is set on the table in front of Woltz and his horse is found dead soon after. The oranges are subtle and usually blend in with the background but a careful viewer will notice these.
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ReplyDeleteHey Katherine,
ReplyDeleteFirst I agree with the topic you chose about orange, I also wrote about it. I like that fact that you did some research behind it, because I remember in class Mr. McGuigan did not really notice anything about it. He did not really think it was something that was important.
I agree with the examples you gave, I totally forgot about Jack Woltz and the horse scene, I believe at that time I did not notice the symbolism of orange. So that specific scene did not really mean anything to me.
After Wednesday's class we saw more examples of the symbolism of the oranges. For example when Sonny was driving to the causeway we saw a billboard with oranges on it, and then he got ambushed. Another scene from class, I am not too sure about this one but right before the explosion with Apollonia. Michael goes into the villa kitchen Calo sits at the table eating in that room it is really dark though you see this really bright lightbulb, it is kind of orangey. I am not sure if Francis Ford Coppola wanted to have that light shine so bright or could it have just been a coincidence.
Sakina